This coming Sunday we will be taking a look at how the Holy Spirit empowers us to be witnesses for Christ! The Holy Spirit of God provides Believers with power, purpose and passion!  We need to get out of ourselves and full of Him!

Power Up! God’s Spirit gives us the power to be a great witness for Him.  If the Gospel has changed your life, then you can’t keep it a secret!  Ordinary people can do extraordinary things when God is on and in them!  Open up your heart and life for God to flow to and through you!

Pursue Purpose! Take a little time to read through your Bible and you will discover that the Holy Spirit is given to us on purpose for a purpose!  We have the Holy Spirit so that we might accomplish the purpose of sharing Jesus and the difference that a relationship with Him can bring!  We have the Spirit, so that we can open our mouths and actually have something meaningful to say that makes a difference in people’s lives and eternities!

Passion Pump Up! The Holy Spirit being present and active in your life is more important than you realize!  Don’t doubt the Holy Spirit and don’t doubt what you are capable of when empowered by the Holy Spirit!  Living for and serving God is not easy, cheap or always comfortable, but it is fulfilling.  In fact it is the most fulfilling thing that you will ever do, because it is the thing that you were created to do!

Remember:  You are special to God, regardless of what anyone else thinks or has to say! God has a plan to use you and the special gifts that He has given you for His glory and the blessing of all around!  You can’t fulfill yourself, but you can be fulfilled – if you will open up your life to His plans and purposes!

Live in His power, pursue His purposes and enjoy living in the passion of it all!

God is real and God is speaking – can you hear Him? God created you and your life is not an accident or a coincidence!  You were created on purpose and for a purpose!  Remember that your main purpose is to glorify God!  We glorify God by doing what He created us to do in the way that He created us to do it!  To do what He created you to do in the way that He created you to do it, you need to make sure that you are hearing from Him and not just making up what He is saying for yourself!

How can I hear from God? This is the question that most of us do not take the time to think about, until it’s to late.  If we want to hear from God, then we must put ourselves in the place to listen.  We talk way to much!  When was the last time that you actually took the time to get away from the distractions of everyday living and meditate on hearing from your Creator?  If you want to hear, then you have got to listen!

The best way to get in the place to listen is by being practicing obedience! In other words – DO WHAT YOU KNOW!  Go ahead and start with what you already have been given and then you will be amazed at how God will use that to communicate with you and give you power and victory!

“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 2:5

I think that most of the world’s problems would be solved, if we would seek to make sure that we were living with the right attitude. It is so easy to get my attitude bent out of shape and so hard to get my attitude back to where it needs to be.

I know that most of my problems are solved by adjusting and getting my attitude right! My attitude seems to be one of those things that I get right, only to discover that about as soon as I get it right that it is heading off course again!  I can honestly say that I never get to the place where I can say that I have arrived and am perfect!

I want to invite you to join me in working to have the attitude of Christ Jesus! Just think of the difference it can and will make in your day and life and also in the lives of those all around you!